• Chatham teacher pockets $5K for ‘teacher excellence’ (News Windsor)

Anneke Gretton from Chatham Christian School won in the John Rozema Award for Excellence in Secondary Teaching category, which also nets her a $5,000 prize. Gretton’s award was in part thanks to a Grade 11 math lesson, where she had her students put their skills to use in researching poverty and creating personal financial plans for a young person living on their own.

• Immokalee, Naples students learn entrepreneurship together (Naples Daily News)

Taste of Immokalee will soon have a tang of Naples in its spicy products.  And soon, its coordinators hope, business will prove a game changer, creating a more unified Collier as students from both ends of this sprawling county lead the way, working together on product development for the sauce-and-salsa producer. Twenty-six students filled the Naples YMCA conference room Monday morning with one ostensible goal: to make more money for Taste of Immokalee.

• FHS student receives national finance award (FauquierNOW)

A rising senior at Fauquier High School has received a national award for financial literacy. Finn Cook, 17, received the Centurion Award at a scholars reception on June 9 at The Museum of American Finance on Wall Street in New York City. The award honored Finn for scoring 100 percent on the National Certified Financial Literacy Test.

• Chaffey’s financial literacy expertise gold for Narranga (Education HQ Australia)

In our modern, globalised world, financial literacy has never been more important. The Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) says it is “critical to start financial education at a young age and school is the most effective place for this learning to occur”. With this in mind, Narranga Public School’s Nicola Chaffey is in a unique position to drive this in her own school.

About the Author

Laura Matchett

After graduating with an education degree and spending 7 years in an elementary classroom, Laura made the switch to the non-profit world and loves interacting with students, educators and business professionals across the country. She is passionate about all students having access to high quality education and views personal finance education as one way to ‘level the playing field’. When Laura is not locating or creating high quality educational resources, you can find her mountain biking or searching for the best ramen in town!